Namaste Sweetie: HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Tom Daley

Namaste Sweetie,

Happy Phriday!!!

The Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeekend is Here!!

Come on in and get comfy

As we stroll down AOMMD Lane

Thank you all so much for your get well wishes

I feel about the same as I did yesterday

Luckily, the fever has not come back

I hope you enjoyed the Best of AOM

While I was absent

Today is the last post of 2018

As I will be taking time off from blogging until January 2
I want to thank you - all of you

For your love and support

Please bear with me

As I clumsily try to express my thoughts on

THE SEASON!

I am not a big fan of what Christmas has become

It has become massively commercialized

And become more of an

Orgiastic Celebration Worshiping Materialism

We are told "this is the season of giving and love"

But most of those telling us this

Only want to make a profit off our giving

I believe the season of Giving and Love is everyday

While forces in this world say "This IS The Season!"

I say 

Everyday is the Season

To Give, to Love, to Forgive, to Help Others,

To show Compassion, To be Joyful, To be at Peace
To take care of one another

These things we celebrate everyday

~*~

SO

This is the last post of the year

My plan is to resume posting on

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 2019

I hope you will be here with me

I wish you a most wonderful holiday season, my Friend

Be Safe, Relax, and Love

I wish you a very Loving Christmas

and

A Happy, Healthy New Year

Let us continue to promote

Peace and Love

and continue to build

The more Beautiful World

Our Hearts know is Possible

Peace and Love,

AOM

~*~

I invite you to join me now in this short Metta Prayer

Radiating the energy of peace and love out to all living beings

Take a few deep breaths to clear your mind

And focus on the here and now

This present moment

Now

Breathe in

Filling your being with peace and love

As you begin each line, breathe out slowly

Breathing these thoughts into the world

Reading, thinking, and feeling the words with peace and love

Sending them from your heart

Giving the energy to yourself and to all living beings

Breathe in and repeat the process for each line

AOM Meditations: 122118

The Swimming Hole (1895) by Thomas Eakins

I chose this painting to celebrate the holidays

Because this is what I would like most to be doing

All of us here at AOM to be together Skinny Dipping : )

(On a very warm summer afternoon of course : )

Thanks to our Friend, David, for sending us this beautiful art

~*~

“Want to keep Christ in Christmas? 

Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, 

forgive the guilty, welcome the unwanted, 

care for the ill, love your enemies, 

and do unto others 

as you would have done unto you.”

~Steve Maraboli, 

(Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience)

~*~

Jesus taught us to Love every day

Not just during this season

After a couple of eggnogs

And a brand new whatzit to play with

He taught us to Give and Love all our time

He brought the message 

That no man or woman is above the other

That we are all God's children

And that our mission in this life

Is to take care of one another

That is his message to us

Here is what Jesus said:

John 13:34 - “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another."

Luke 6:35 - "But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked."

Matthew 25: 34- 40 - "‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. (35) For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, (36) I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ (37) “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? (38) When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? (39) When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’ (40) “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of those in need, you did for me.’"

It is in this Spirit

That I wish you and yours

A Life of Loving Others

And

A Loving, Healthy New Year

MUSIC: "The Closing Of The Year" from the movie, TOYS

JOYFUL HOPE

I wish you all a very, very, VERY

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Lyrics are below the video

I really like the lyrics that Seal sings

Wendy & Lisa with Seal

"The Closing Of The Year"

from the 1992 movie, TOYS

A great movie, I highly recommend!

YouTube Direct Link: https://youtu.be/47c68yndBLc

Lyrics: The Closing of the Year

from the film, TOYS

"[Refrain: Wendy & Lisa]

If I cannot bring you comfort

Then at least I bring you hope

For nothing is more precious

Than the time we have, and so

[Verse 1: Wendy & Lisa]

We all must learn from small misfortune

Count the blessings that are real

Let the bells ring out for Christmas

At the closing of the year

Let the bells ring out for Christmas

At the closing of the year

[Interlude: Choir]

Up on the knees of a sergeant major

Ride through the woods with the wind in your hair

Silver bells on a stolen reindeer

While we race to the castle over there

[Refrain: Wendy & Lisa]

If I cannot bring you comfort

Then at least I bring you hope

[Verse 2: Wendy & Lisa]

Now all the winter bells are ringing

Hear them echo through the snow

And the children's voices singing

On the street so far below

This is a time to be together

And the truth is somewhere here

Within our love of people

At the closing of the year

[Bridge: Seal]

We'll walk in a sun

With all of the pain

And All of the Patience

All of the way

And all of us right

And all of us same

Love one another

We'll fly in the arms of Time

Walk in the Waves, never fall

Don't fall

(At the closing of the year)

At the closing of the year

[Refrain: Wendy & Lisa and Choir]

If I cannot bring you comfort

Then at least I bring you hope

Then at least I bring you hope"

Artistry of Male: 122118

My gift to you

A selection from my favorites folder

(The name of each guy can be found in the filename)

Parting Shot: 122118

LOL

I love it

Made me Laugh

I wish you a Very Merry Christmas

And

A Happy, Healthy New Year

I Hope to See YOU

Wednesday, January 2, 2019

((((HUGS))))

Namaste Sweetie! 122018

Joey Visconti

Namaste Sweetie,

Happy Thor's Day

Come on in

I'm so glad you are here

I am feeling better today

The fever has not returned

I've slept most of the day

So I didn't have time to put posts together

SO

I'm pulling another Frasier!

Today I present

The Best of AOM

I hope you will enjoy it

I think I will be well enough tomorrow

To bring you a new post on AOMMD

I hope you will enjoy your visit

I wish you a beautiful day, my Friend

Let us continue to promote

Peace and Love

and continue to build

The more Beautiful World

Our Hearts know is Possible

Peace and Love,

AOM

~*~

I invite you to join me now in this short Metta Prayer

Radiating the energy of peace and love out to all living beings

Take a few deep breaths to clear your mind

And focus on the here and now

This present moment

Now

Breathe in

Filling your being with peace and love

As you begin each line, breathe out slowly

Breathing these thoughts into the world

Reading, thinking, and feeling the words with peace and love

Sending them from your heart

Giving the energy to yourself and to all living beings

Breathe in and repeat the process for each line

AOM Meditations: 032318

A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie by Albert Bierstadt 

Thanks to our Friend for sending us this beautiful art

~*~

"If you face life without confidence in your own powers, 

you succumb too easily to setbacks and adversity; 

you lack the will to persevere."

~Nathaniel Branden

Self-Esteem Every Day

~*~

"There is overwhelming evidence 

that the higher the level of self-esteem,

the more likely one will treat others 

with respect, kindness, and generosity.

People who do not experience self-love 

have little or no capacity to love others."

~Nathaniel Branden

~*~

"Only the person who has faith in him or herself 

is able to be faithful to others."

~Erich Fromm

~*~

The way in which we think of ourselves 

has everything to do with how our world sees us.

~Arlene Raven

MUSIC: "Wandering Soul" by Stive Morgan

Gorgeously Soothing and Sensual

I found this music very sensual

Good music for making love to myself

(or others)

I hope it works for you

The artwork in this video is by Dennis Potokar

You can visit his website here: (Link)

Stive Morgan

"Wandering Soul"

YouTube Direct Link: https://youtu.be/3y4HvVSmyx0

Masturbation: A Celebration of Self-Love

I listened to today's music
As I scrolled through these photos
I counted eight beats for each photo
Providing me with a makeshift slideshow
12 or 16 beats per photo might be better
Giving you longer to linger over each photo
Time to feel each photo more deeply
I recommend clicking the pix to slide through them
Rather than scrolling down the page

~*~